Harold Chapple

Harold Chapple was a Metropolitan Police Service Commander during the 1960s and 1970s. Chapple was deeply involved with police corruption, as he and Detective Chief Inspector John Salway were both bribed by the Soho crime boss Benny Barratt to allow his pornography empire to grow without harassment from the police. In 1970, he attempted to lean on as many officers as possible to prevent them from complying with Chief Inspector Roy Johnson's investigation, and he ultimately decided to retire in 1974 to avoid discovery. However, he and Salway were both arrested on corruption charges that same year.